SMO Junior

[corneyAmber]

mjl:

http://www.imo-official.org/year_info.aspx?year=2008

Madrid, Spain (Home Page IMO 2008), 10. 7. - 22. 7. 2008
Number of participating countries: 97.
Number of contestants: 535; 55.

http://www.imo-official.org/year_info.aspx?year=2009
Bremen, Germany (Home Page IMO 2009), 10. 7. - 22. 7. 2009
Number of participating countries: 104.
Number of contestants: 565; 59.

For both IMO 2008 and IMO 2009, there were 90% male, 10% female. I think genetically boys are stronger than girls in Maths.

Thanks for sharing. Looks like kids these days are learning very advanced Math and majority of girls get weaker at higher levels.

[Dharma]

To be fair to the girls, I think they are more balanced and all rounded academically. RGS made almost a clean sweep in the recent \"The World Scholars Cup\" in both Junior and Senior divisions and came out top in Art, Lit, History, Science and Maths in the Junior Division.

[wmd]

http://www.imo-official.org/photos/2009/ThumbImage3025.jpg\">


Lisa Sauermann (Germany)

Year Country P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 P6 P7 Total Rank Award
Abs. Rel.
2009 Germany 7 6 7 7 7 7 41 3 99.65% Gold medal
2008 Germany 7 2 7 7 5 7 35 12 97.94% Gold medal
2007 Germany 7 0 1 7 7 0 22 93 82.27% Silver medal


Yes, boys are better than girls in math olympiad competition, but some girls also show their good telant in math, look at Lisa Sauermann.

[MdmKS]

[quote=\"JennMuhammad Haikal was last year top Malay student. Heard he is taking his O level this year. Way Tan is actually younger than sec 1 and had skip levels so he is now in year 1 at NUSH. All taking year 3 or above maths at NUSH. Year 3 maths at NUSH is pitch at the JC level. By the time they complete NUSH, they would probably have completed university maths.[/quote]


Last year PLSE and this year doing 'O' Level? Wom! :!: how is it possible for him to study so far in advance? Is he locally grown? Or, having a personal tutorto teach him so far ahead? :?

[Jenn]

MdmKS:

[quote=\"JennMuhammad Haikal was last year top Malay student. Heard he is taking his O level this year. Way Tan is actually younger than sec 1 and had skip levels so he is now in year 1 at NUSH. All taking year 3 or above maths at NUSH. Year 3 maths at NUSH is pitch at the JC level. By the time they complete NUSH, they would probably have completed university maths.

Last year PLSE and this year doing 'O' Level? Wom! :!: how is it possible for him to study so far in advance? Is he locally grown? Or, having a personal tutorto teach him so far ahead? :?[/quote]

Not sure how he is doing it or how he came to this stage. He was from GEP in Roysth, so most probably local. Got info that he is taking O levels from some of his classmates in NUSH. Ironically in NUSH , you don't need to sit for O or A levels.

[kiasiparent]

Jenn:

MdmKS:

[quote=\"JennMuhammad Haikal was last year top Malay student. Heard he is taking his O level this year. Way Tan is actually younger than sec 1 and had skip levels so he is now in year 1 at NUSH. All taking year 3 or above maths at NUSH. Year 3 maths at NUSH is pitch at the JC level. By the time they complete NUSH, they would probably have completed university maths.

Last year PLSE and this year doing 'O' Level? Wom! :!: how is it possible for him to study so far in advance? Is he locally grown? Or, having a personal tutorto teach him so far ahead? :?

Not sure how he is doing it or how he came to this stage. He was from GEP in Roysth, so most probably local. Got info that he is taking O levels from some of his classmates in NUSH. Ironically in NUSH , you don't need to sit for O or A levels.[/quote]

Yeah NUSH dont have O levels so most students will usually choose to take the O level or the IGCSE themselves or being forced by parents.

[turquoise]

Jenn:

Ya, looks like NUSH has a number of juniors who will help them win math awards in the years to come.


Lim Jeck is only in sec 2 and represented Singapore at the IMO. Probably the youngest person to represent singapore at math olympics.

Amongst the NUSH students in the SMO junior top ten places, only Lim Jeck is in sec 2. http://sms.math.nus.edu.sg/Competitions/SMO2009.aspxThe rest are in sec 1. All were Platinum holders in SMOPS last year.

Muhammad Haikal was last year top Malay student. Heard he is taking his O level this year. Way Tan is actually younger than sec 1 and had skip levels so he is now in year 1 at NUSH. All taking year 3 or above maths at NUSH. Year 3 maths at NUSH is pitch at the JC level. By the time they complete NUSH, they would probably have completed university maths.

Wow! He must be extremely bright. Sounds like NUSH has some super brains in there. Was wondering whether the other students are given opportunities to excel or take part in competitions given that there are a fair number of extremely bright students.

[wiimum]

MdmKS:

[quote=\"JennMuhammad Haikal was last year top Malay student. Heard he is taking his O level this year. Way Tan is actually younger than sec 1 and had skip levels so he is now in year 1 at NUSH. All taking year 3 or above maths at NUSH. Year 3 maths at NUSH is pitch at the JC level. By the time they complete NUSH, they would probably have completed university maths.

Last year PLSE and this year doing 'O' Level? Wom! :!: how is it possible for him to study so far in advance? Is he locally grown? Or, having a personal tutorto teach him so far ahead? :?[/quote]

For a person who is really into maths, he probably doesn't \"study\" and very likely no personal tutor. I think taking the \"o\" level is just a means to confirm his level of competency.

[mjl]

kiasiparent:

Yeah NUSH dont have O levels so most students will usually choose to take the O level or the IGCSE themselves or being forced by parents.

It is not uncommon for young students to take 'O' levels/IGCSE. If the info is correct, I guess Haikel is taking 'O' level Maths, and not other 'O' level subjects. Those students who top the SMO, they should also be able to do well in the 'O' or 'A' level Maths, if they decide to take them. However, I heard the fees for one IGCSE subject is about $600, not many parents can afford that!

I understand that there were also another 2 NUSH students who took 'A' level Maths when they were in P6 and Sec 1. Both score As.

[MdmKS]

mjl:

I understand that there were also another 2 NUSH students who took 'A' level Maths when they were in P6 and Sec 1. Both score As.

These students usually learn ahead ( have parent to teach them) the syllsbus from young age. Few years back I came across this news about a Catholic High boy who won Maths Olympiad and was studying university maths because the father is a maths professor. What it means is that besides having a good maths aplititude, they must have a coach to train them from young, and the coaches are usually no others but their parents.